Control system, method and program, and floating wind turbine generator provided therewith

ABSTRACT

The control system of this floating wind turbine generator is a control system of a floating wind turbine generator in which the control system controls a pitch angle control section by a pitch angle instruction value calculated on the basis of signals detected by a second sensor detecting a relative angle between a nacelle and a tower and a third sensor detecting a yaw angle from a reference position of the tower so that a signal detected by a first sensor detecting wind direction deviation relative to a vertical direction of a rotation plane of wind turbine blades indicates an angle within a predetermined range from the vertical direction of the rotation plane of the wind turbine blades, and controls a yaw driving device by a yaw driving instruction value calculated on the basis of the signals detected by the second sensor and the third sensor.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This is a continuation of International Application PCT/JP2012/83747,with an international filing date of Dec. 26, 2012, which is herebyincorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a control system, a method and aprogram, and a floating wind turbine generator provided therewith.

BACKGROUND ART

Conventionally, there has been a proposed technique in which thedirection of the rotation plane of wind turbine blades is controlled tobe a direction of receiving wind in a wind turbine generator provided onthe sea surface.

For example, Patent Literature 1 below proposes a technique for, in afloating wind turbine generator on the sea surface, detecting a yawangle of a foundation and a relative angle (yaw angle) between a turbineand a tower, and for controlling a yaw driving device so as to reducethe yaw angle of the foundation.

CITATION LIST Patent Literature

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U.S. Pat. No. 8,053,916

SUMMARY OF INVENTION Technical Problem

However, in the method of the above Patent Literature 1, a controlmethod applied in the case of wind flowing in from a laterally biasdirection relative to the rotation plane of wind turbine blades is notdescribed, and it was unable to reduce the wind direction deviationrelative to the rotation axis of the wind turbine blades.

The present invention has been made to make an improvement in the abovecircumstance, and an object of the present invention is to provide acontrol system, a method and a program capable of efficiently convertingwind power to electrical energy in response to wind direction, and afloating wind turbine generator provided therewith.

Solution to Problem

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides thefollowing solutions.

A first aspect of the present invention is a control system of afloating wind turbine generator, the floating wind turbine generatorcomprising: a yaw driving device adapted to cause a nacelle to performturning in a yaw direction relative to a tower provided with the nacelleat the upper end thereof, the nacelle being provided with a rotor headthat rotates by a plurality of wind turbine blades receiving wind power;and a pitch angle control section adapted to drive the wind turbineblades to control a pitch angle thereof, wherein the control systemcontrols the pitch angle control section according to a pitch angleinstruction value calculated on the basis of a signal detected by asecond sensor for detecting a relative angle between the nacelle and thetower and a signal detected by a third sensor for detecting a yaw anglefrom a reference position of the tower so as to keep a signal indicatingan angle within a predetermined range relative to a vertical directionof a rotation plane of the wind turbine blades, the signal beingdetected by a first sensor for detecting a wind direction deviationrelative to the vertical direction of the rotation plane of the windturbine blades, and controls the yaw driving device according to a yawdriving instruction value calculated on the basis of the signalsdetected by the second sensor and the third sensor.

According to such a configuration, a pitch angle control section iscontrolled according to a pitch angle instruction value calculated onthe basis of a signal detected by a second sensor for detecting arelative angle between a nacelle and a tower and a signal detected by athird sensor for detecting a yaw angle from a reference position of thetower so as to keep a signal indicating an angle within a predeterminedrange from the vertical direction of a rotation plane of the windturbine blades, and the signal is detected by a first sensor fordetecting a wind direction deviation relative to a vertical direction ofthe rotation plane of wind turbine blades, and a yaw driving device iscontrolled according to a yaw driving instruction value calculated onthe basis of the signals detected by the second sensor and the thirdsensor.

By combining the yaw driving device and the pitch angle control of thewind turbine blades to perform yaw angle control of the rotation planeof the wind turbine blades, it is possible to suppress misalignmentbetween the rotation plane of the wind turbine blades and wind directionto be small and efficiently convert wind power to electrical energy.

A second aspect of the present invention is a control system of afloating wind turbine generator, the floating wind turbine generatorcomprising a pitch angle control section adapted to drive a plurality ofwind turbine blades to control a pitch angle of each of the wind turbineblades, and having a tilt angle, which is an angle between a horizontalplane and a main shaft, wherein the control system controls the pitchangle control section according to a pitch angle instruction value forcontrolling the pitch angle of each of the wind turbine blades so as tokeep a signal indicating an angle within a predetermined range, thesignal being detected by a fourth sensor for detecting a turbine pitchangle, which is an angle between a vertical axis of the horizontal planeand a tower provided with a nacelle at the upper end of the tower, thenacelle being provided with a rotor head that rotates by the windturbine blades receiving wind power.

According to such a configuration, the pitch angle of each of the windturbine blades is controlled according to a pitch angle instructionvalue so as to keep a signal indicating an angle within a predeterminedrange, the signal being detected by a fourth sensor for detecting aturbine pitch angle, which is an angle between a vertical axis of thehorizontal plane and a tower provided with a nacelle at the upper end ofthe tower, the nacelle being provided with a rotor head that rotates bythe wind turbine blades receiving wind power.

In the case of suppressing misalignment between the rotation plane ofthe wind turbine blades and wind direction by moving the pitch angles ofeach of the wind turbine blades independently and generating the moment,as described above, it is possible to efficiently convert wind power toelectrical energy.

A floating wind turbine generator to which the above control system isapplied may be provided with a foundation with a floating structure thatfloats on the sea surface and the tower installed on the foundation.

It is presumed that, since the wind turbine blades receive wind, andforce is imposed on the rotor connected to the wind turbine blades, thefoundation on which the tower is installed turns even if the nacelle isrotated by the yaw driving device. However, according to the controlsystem of the present invention, it is possible to perform control toaccurately and efficiently convert wind power to electrical energy byconsidering the inertia of the rotor and the inertia of the tower andthe floating body.

The floating wind turbine generator to which the above control system isapplied may be provided with a tower floating on the sea surface.

In the case of a spar-type floating wind turbine generator without afoundation, it is inferior from the viewpoint of stability to a floatingwind turbine generator having a foundation. However, according to thecontrol system of each of the above aspects, even the spar-type floatingwind turbine generator can be controlled to efficiently convert windpower to electrical energy.

A third aspect of the present invention is a wind farm comprising thecontrol system according to any of the above aspects and a floating windturbine generator.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is a control method for afloating wind turbine generator, the floating wind turbine generatorcomprising: a yaw driving device adapted to cause a nacelle to performturning in a yaw direction relative to a tower provided with the nacelleat the upper end thereof, the nacelle being provided with a rotor headthat rotates by a plurality of wind turbine blades receiving wind power;and a pitch angle control section adapted to drive the wind turbineblades to control a pitch angle thereof, the control method comprising:controlling the pitch angle control section according to a pitch angleinstruction value calculated on the basis of a signal detected by asecond sensor for detecting a relative angle between the nacelle and thetower and a signal detected by a third sensor for detecting a yaw anglefrom a reference position of the tower so as to keep a signal indicatingan angle within a predetermined range relative to a vertical directionof a rotation plane of the wind turbine blades, the signal beingdetected by a first sensor for detecting awing direction deviationrelative to the vertical direction of the rotation plane of the windturbine blades; and controlling the yaw driving device according to ayaw driving instruction value calculated on the basis of the signalsdetected by the second sensor and the third sensor.

A fifth aspect of the present invention provides a control program for afloating wind turbine generator, the floating wind turbine generatorcomprising: a yaw driving device adapted to cause a nacelle to performturning in a yaw direction relative to a tower provided with the nacelleat the upper end thereof, the nacelle being provided with a rotor headthat rotates by a plurality of wind turbine blades receiving wind power;and a pitch angle control section adapted to drive the wind turbineblades to control a pitch angle thereof, wherein the control programcontrols the pitch angle control section according to a pitch angleinstruction value calculated on the basis of a signal detected by asecond sensor for detecting a relative angle between the nacelle and thetower and a signal detected by a third sensor for detecting a yaw anglefrom a reference position of the tower so as to keep a signal indicatingan angle within a predetermined range relative to a vertical directionof a rotation plane of the wind turbine blades, the signal beingdetected by a first sensor for detecting a wind direction deviationrelative to the vertical direction of the rotation plane of the windturbine blades, and controls the yaw driving device according to a yawdriving instruction value calculated on the basis of the signalsdetected by the second sensor and the third sensor.

A sixth aspect of the present invention is a control method for afloating wind turbine generator, the floating wind turbine generatorcomprising a pitch angle control section adapted to drive a plurality ofwind turbine blades to control a pitch angle of each of the wind turbineblades, and having a tilt angle, which is an angle between a horizontalplane and a main shaft, the control method comprising: controlling thepitch angle control section according to a pitch angle instruction valuefor controlling the pitch angle of each of the wind turbine blades so asto keep a signal indicating an angle within a predetermined range, thesignal being detected by a fourth sensor for detecting a turbine pitchangle, which is an angle between a vertical axis of the horizontal planeand a tower provided with a nacelle at the upper end of the tower, thenacelle being provided with a rotor head that rotates by the windturbine blades receiving wind power.

A seventh aspect of the present invention is a control program for afloating wind turbine generator, the floating wind turbine generatorcomprising a pitch angle control section adapted to drive a plurality ofwind turbine blades to control a pitch angle of each of the wind turbineblades, and having a tilt angle, which is an angle between a horizontalplane and a main shaft, wherein the control program controls the pitchangle control section according to a pitch angle instruction value forcontrolling the pitch angle of each of the wind turbine blades so as tokeep a signal indicating an angle within a predetermined range, thesignal being detected by a fourth sensor for detecting a turbine pitchangle, which is an angle between a vertical axis of the horizontal planeand a tower provided with a nacelle at the upper end of the tower, thenacelle being provided with a rotor head that rotates by the windturbine blades receiving wind power.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

According to the present invention, an advantage to efficiently convertwind power to electrical energy according to wind direction can beachieved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a floating windturbine generator according to a first embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 2 shows a top view of the floating wind turbine generator accordingto the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 shows a function block diagram of a control system according tothe first embodiment.

FIG. 4 shows an operation flow of the control system according to thefirst embodiment.

FIG. 5 shows the continuation of the operation flow of the controlsystem according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a floating windturbine generator according to a second embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for illustrating a tilt angle.

FIG. 8 shows an operation flow of the control system according to thesecond embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Embodiments of a control system, method and program, and a floating windturbine generator provided therewith according to the present inventionwill be described below with reference to drawings.

First Embodiment

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a wind turbine(floating wind turbine generator) 1 according to a first embodiment ofthe present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the wind turbine 1 has a foundation 11 with afloating structure that floats on a sea surface 5, a tower 12 installedon the foundation, a nacelle 13 installed at the upper end of the tower12, a rotor head 14 provided on the nacelle 13 such that it can rotatearound a substantially horizontal axis, a yaw driving device 17, a pitchangle control section 18, an anemovane (first sensor) 16, a secondsensor a, a third sensor b and a control system 10. The foundation 11 isconnected to a sea bottom 3 via a mooring cable 4. The rotor head 14 isattached with three wind turbine blades 15 radially around the rotationaxis thereof. Thereby, the wind power blowing against the wind turbineblades 15 from the direction of the rotation axis of the rotor head 14is converted to power which causes the rotor head 14 to rotate aroundthe rotation axis, and the power is converted to electrical energy bypower generation facilities (not shown) provided for the wind turbine 1.A plane formed by the wind turbine blades 15 when the wind turbineblades 15 rotate around the rotation axis is referred to as a rotationplane of the wind turbine blades 15.

The rotor head 14 is provided with the control system 10 which controlsthe pitch angle and the like of the wind turbine blades 15 by rotatingthe wind turbine blades 15 around the axis of the wind turbine blades 15according to wind conditions to control operation of the wind turbine 1.The nacelle 13 is provided with the anemovane 16. The anemovane 16measures wind speed and wind direction deviation relative to thevertical direction of the rotation plane of the wind turbine blades tooutput the measurement results to the control system 10.

The yaw driving device 17 is provided at a connection part between thetower 12 and the nacelle 13. The yaw driving device 17 causes thenacelle 13 to perform turning in a yaw direction on the basis of a yawdriving instruction value acquired from the control system 10. The pitchangle control section 18 controls the pitch angle of each of the threewind turbine blades 15 attached to the rotor head 14.

Although a wind turbine provided with three wind turbine blades 15 isdescribed as an example in the present embodiment, the number of thewind turbine blades 15 is not limited to three. Two or more than threewind turbine blades may be attached. The number is not especiallylimited.

The second sensor a detects a relative angle between the nacelle 13 andthe tower 12.

The third sensor b detects a yaw angle from a reference position of thetower 12. Since the tower 12 is provided on the foundation 11 in thepresent embodiment, the third sensor b detects the yaw angle from thereference position of the foundation 11 as a foundation yaw angle.

Here, FIG. 2 shows a top view of the wind turbine 1 according to thepresent embodiment.

When the right side of FIG. 2 is assumed to be the reference position(reference direction) of the foundation 11, deviation of the foundation11 from the reference position is detected as a foundation yaw angle zfrom the reference position of the tower 12 (the third sensor b). Themisalignment between the rotation axis of the rotor head 14 and winddirection is detected as a wind direction deviation x (the anemovane16). The relative angle between the nacelle 13 and the tower 12 isdetected as a turbine yaw angle y on the basis of deviation between therotation axis of the rotor head 14 and the reference position of thefoundation 11 (the second sensor a).

As shown in FIG. 3, the control system 10 determines a pitch angleinstruction value for driving each of the three wind turbine blades 15and a yaw driving instruction value, on the basis of the wind directiondeviation x, the turbine yaw angle y, the foundation yaw angle z andinformation about wind speed. More specifically, the control system 10controls the pitch angle control section 18 by the pitch angleinstruction value calculated on the basis of a signal (the turbine yawangle y) detected by the second sensor a and a signal (the foundationyaw angle z) detected by the third sensor b so that a signal (the winddirection deviation x) detected by the anemovane 16 indicates an anglewithin a predetermined range from the vertical direction of the rotationplane of the wind turbine blades 15, and controls the yaw driving device17 by the yaw driving instruction value calculated on the basis ofsignals detected by the second sensor a and the third sensor b. Theangle within the predetermined range is preferably within a range ofabout 0° from the rotation axis direction of the wind turbine blades 15,and, more preferably, is the rotation axis direction (that is, 0°). Inother words, the control system 10 outputs such a pitch angleinstruction value that causes the rotation plane of the wind turbineblades 15 to face to wind direction and such a yaw driving instructionvalue that causes the tower 12 to face to the reference positiondirection.

Next, operation of the wind turbine generator system 1 according to thepresent embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

When wind blows against the wind turbine blades 15 from the direction ofthe rotation axis of the rotor head 14, the wind direction deviation xfrom the rotation axis is detected by the anemovane 16 and is outputtedto the control system 10 (step SA1 in FIG. 4). A relative angle betweenthe nacelle 13 and the tower 12 is detected by the second sensor a asthe turbine yaw angle y and is outputted to the control system 10 (stepSA2 in FIG. 4). The foundation yaw angle z is detected by the thirdsensor b and outputted to the control system 10 (step SA3 in FIG. 4). Itis judged whether the wind direction deviation x is an angle larger thana predetermined range A from the vertical direction of the rotationplane of the wind turbine blades 15 (the direction of the rotation axisof the rotor head 14) (step SA4 in FIG. 4). If the wind directiondeviation x is judged to be an angle within the predetermined range, ayaw driving device stopping instruction to stop the yaw driving deviceis outputted (step SA 11 in FIG. 5), and the flow proceeds to step SA9in FIG. 5.

If the wind direction deviation x is judged to be an angle larger thanthe predetermined range A from the vertical direction of the rotationplane of the wind turbine blades 15, a yaw-direction aerodynamic torqueinstruction for causing the wind direction deviation x to be within thepredetermined range is calculated (step SA5 in FIG. 4). Furthermore, apitch angle instruction value θ′ for each wind turbine blade 15 forcausing the wind direction deviation x to be within the predeterminedrange is calculated (step SA6 in FIG. 4). Information about the pitchangle instruction value θ′ for each wind turbine blade 15 for causingthe wind direction deviation x to be within the predetermined range isadded to a pitch angle instruction value θt which is determined from apitch angle target value determined on the basis of wind speed andoutput power (step SA7 in FIG. 5), and a pitch angle instruction value θfor driving the pitch angle control section 18 is determined.

The yaw driving instruction value (for example, direction, velocity andthe like) for the yaw driving device 17 determined on the basis of theyaw-direction aerodynamic torque instruction is calculated (step SA8 inFIG. 5). The pitch angle instruction value θ is outputted to the pitchangle control section 18 (step SA9 in FIG. 5), the yaw drivinginstruction value is outputted to the yaw driving device 17 (step SA 10in FIG. 5), and the process ends.

The pitch angle control section 18 controls the pitch angle of each windturbine blade 15 on the basis of the pitch angle instruction value θ,and the yaw driving device 17 causes the nacelle 13 to turn on the basisof the yaw driving instruction value.

As described above, according to the control system 10, the method, theprogram and the wind turbine 1 (floating wind turbine generator)provided therewith according to the present embodiment, the pitch anglecontrol section is controlled by the pitch angle instruction valuecalculated on the basis of a signal detected by the second sensor awhich detects the turbine yaw angle y, which is a relative angle betweenthe nacelle 13 and the tower 12, and a signal detected by the thirdsensor b which detects the foundation yaw angle z from the referenceposition of the tower 12 so that a signal detected by the anemovane 16which detects the wind direction deviation x relative to the verticaldirection of the rotation plane of the wind turbine blades 15 indicatesthe vertical direction of the rotation plane of the wind turbine blades15 (the wind direction deviation relative to the rotation axis is 0°),and the yaw driving device is controlled by the yaw driving instructionvalue calculated on the basis of the signals detected by the secondsensor a and the third sensor b.

As described above, the yaw control by the yaw driving device and thepitch angle control of the wind turbine blades 15 are combined togenerate a rotation torque in the yaw direction and control the yawangle of the rotation plane of the wind turbine blades 15. Thereby, evenin the case where the tower 12 is not fixed to the sea bottom or thelike, and where the tower 12 turns with the foundation 11 even if theyaw driving device performs yaw control, like a floating wind turbinegenerator, it is possible to suppress misalignment between the rotationplane of the wind turbine blades 15 and wind direction and efficientlyconvert wind power to electrical energy.

Although, in the present embodiment, description has been made on theassumption that the tower 12 of the wind turbine 1 is provided on thefoundation 11, the present invention is not limited thereto and can beapplied to a spar-type floating wind turbine generator which is notprovided with the foundation 11. Since, in the spar-type floating windturbine generator, the tower 12 turns more easily when yaw control isperformed, it is possible to cause the rotation plane of the windturbine blades of the spar-type floating generator to face to winddirection more certainly by applying the present invention.

Second Embodiment

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be describedwith reference to FIG. 6.

A control system of a floating wind turbine generator according to thepresent embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that itswind turbine blades have a tilt angle. Description will be made belowmainly on points of difference of the control system of the presentembodiment from the first embodiment, with description about pointscommon to the first embodiment being omitted.

FIG. 6 shows a schematic configuration of a wind turbine (floating windturbine generator) 1′ according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 6, the wind turbine 1′ has a foundation 11 with afloating structure that floats on the sea surface, a tower 12 installedon the foundation, a nacelle 13 installed at the upper end of the tower12, a rotor head 14 provided on the nacelle 13 such that it can rotatearound a substantially horizontal axis, a pitch angle control section18, a fourth sensor d and a control system 10′. The foundation 11 isconnected to a sea bottom 3 via a mooring cable 4. The rotor head 14 isattached with three wind turbine blades 15 radially around the rotationaxis thereof. Thereby, the wind power blowing against the wind turbineblades 15 from the direction of the rotation axis of the rotor head 14is converted to power which causes the rotor head 14 to rotate aroundthe rotation axis, and the power is converted to electrical energy bypower generation facilities (not shown) provided for the wind turbine 1.A plane formed by the wind turbine blades 15 when the wind turbineblades 15 rotate around the rotation axis is referred to as a rotationplane of the wind turbine blades 15. As shown in FIG. 7, the windturbine 1′ according to the present embodiment has a tilt angle (forexample, 5°), which is an angle between a horizontal plane and therotation axis of the rotor head 14, and the rotation plane is directedupward by an angle corresponding to the tilt angle.

The control system 10′ controls the pitch angle control section 18 by apitch angle instruction value which controls the pitch angle of eachwind turbine blade 15 so that a signal detected by the fourth sensor dwhich detects a turbine pitch angle, which is an angle between thevertical axis relative to the horizontal plane and the tower 12,indicates an angle in a predetermined range. The angle in thepredetermined range is preferably such that the turbine pitch anglebetween the vertical axis relative to the horizontal plane and therotation plane of the wind turbine blades 15 of the tower 12 is equal tothe tilt angle, that is, it is equivalent to a situation where therotation axis of the rotor head 14 is horizontal.

Next, operation of a wind turbine generator system 1 according to thepresent embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 8.

When wind blows against the wind turbine blades 15 from the direction ofthe rotation axis of the rotor head 14, a turbine pitch angle, which isan angle between the vertical axis relative to the horizontal plane andthe tower 12, is detected by the fourth sensor (step SB1 in FIG. 8). Aturbine pitch angle deviation, which is deviation between a turbinepitch angle with which wind can be received most efficiently and thedetected turbine pitch angle, is estimated (step SB2 in FIG. 8), and atime-averaging process for the turbine pitch angle deviation isperformed (step SB3 in FIG. 8). It is judged whether the turbine pitchangle deviation after the time-averaging process is larger than apredetermined range B or not (step SB4 in FIG. 8). If the turbine pitchangle deviation is judged to be equal to or smaller than thepredetermined range, the flow proceeds to step SB8 in FIG. 8.

If the turbine pitch angle deviation is judged to be larger than thepredetermined range B, a pitch-direction aerodynamic torque instructionfor causing the turbine pitch angle deviation to be an angle within thepredetermined range is calculated (step SB5 in FIG. 8). Furthermore, apitch angle instruction value θ′ for each wind turbine blade 15 iscalculated on the basis of the pitch-direction aerodynamic torqueinstruction (step SB6 in FIG. 8). Information about the pitch angleinstruction value θ′ for each wind turbine blade 15 for causing theturbine pitch angle deviation to be within the predetermined range isadded to a pitch angle instruction value θt determined from a pitchangle target value, which is determined on the basis of wind speed andoutput (step SB7 in FIG. 8), and a pitch angle instruction value θ fordriving the pitch angle control section 18 is determined. The pitchangle instruction value θ is outputted to the pitch angle controlsection 18 (step SB8 in FIG. 8), and the process ends.

As described above, according to the control system 10, the method andthe program, the wind turbine (floating wind turbine generator) 1′provided therewith, according to the present embodiment, the pitch angleof each wind turbine blade 15 is controlled by a pitch angle instructionvalue so that a signal detected by the fourth sensor which detects aturbine pitch angle, which is an angle between the vertical axisrelative to horizontal plane and the tower 12 indicates an angle withina predetermined range.

By moving the pitch angle of each of the wind turbine blades 15independently and generating the moment to suppress deviation betweenthe rotation plane of the wind turbine blades 15 and wind direction, itis possible to efficiently convert wind power to electrical energy.

{Reference Signs List}

-   1, 1′ wind turbine-   10, 10′ control system-   16 anemovane (first sensor)-   17 yaw driving device-   18 pitch angle control section-   a second sensor-   b third sensor-   d fourth sensor

1. A control system of a floating wind turbine generator, the floatingwind turbine generator comprising: a yaw driving device adapted to causea nacelle to perform turning in a yaw direction relative to a towerprovided with the nacelle at the upper end thereof, the nacelle beingprovided with a rotor head that rotates by a plurality of wind turbineblades receiving wind power; and a pitch angle control section adaptedto drive the wind turbine blades to control a pitch angle thereof,wherein the control system controls the pitch angle control sectionaccording to a pitch angle instruction value calculated on the basis ofa signal detected by a second sensor for detecting a relative anglebetween the nacelle and the tower and a signal detected by a thirdsensor for detecting a yaw angle from a reference position of the towerso as to keep a signal indicating an angle within a predetermined rangerelative to a vertical direction of a rotation plane of the wind turbineblades, the signal being detected by a first sensor for detecting a winddirection deviation relative to the vertical direction of the rotationplane of the wind turbine blades, and controls the yaw driving deviceaccording to a yaw driving instruction value calculated on the basis ofthe signals detected by the second sensor and the third sensor.
 2. Acontrol system of a floating wind turbine generator, the floating windturbine generator comprising a pitch angle control section adapted todrive a plurality of wind turbine blades to control a pitch angle ofeach of the wind turbine blades, and having a tilt angle, which is anangle between a horizontal plane and a main shaft, wherein the controlsystem controls the pitch angle control section according to a pitchangle instruction value for controlling the pitch angle of each of thewind turbine blades so as to keep a signal indicating an angle within apredetermined range, the signal being detected by a fourth sensor fordetecting a turbine pitch angle, which is an angle between a verticalaxis of the horizontal plane and a tower provided with a nacelle at theupper end of the tower, the nacelle being provided with a rotor headthat rotates by the wind turbine blades receiving wind power.
 3. Thecontrol system of the floating wind turbine generator according to claim1, wherein the floating wind turbine generator comprises a foundationwith a floating structure that floats on a sea surface and the towerinstalled on the foundation.
 4. The control system of the floating windturbine generator according to claim 2, wherein the floating windturbine generator comprises a foundation with a floating structure thatfloats on a sea surface and the tower installed on the foundation. 5.The control system of the floating wind turbine generator according toclaim 1, wherein the floating wind turbine generator comprises the towerfloating on a sea surface.
 6. The control system of the floating windturbine generator according to claim 2, wherein the floating windturbine generator comprises the tower floating on a sea surface.
 7. Awind farm comprising the control system according to claim 1, and afloating wind turbine generator.
 8. A wind farm comprising the controlsystem according to claim 2, and a floating wind turbine generator.
 9. Acontrol method for a floating wind turbine generator, the floating windturbine generator comprising: a yaw driving device adapted to cause anacelle to perform turning in a yaw direction relative to a towerprovided with the nacelle at the upper end thereof, the nacelle beingprovided with a rotor head that rotates by a plurality of wind turbineblades receiving wind power; and a pitch angle control section adaptedto drive the wind turbine blades to control a pitch angle thereof, thecontrol method comprising: controlling the pitch angle control sectionaccording to a pitch angle instruction value calculated on the basis ofa signal detected by a second sensor for detecting a relative anglebetween the nacelle and the tower and a signal detected by a thirdsensor for detecting a yaw angle from a reference position of the towerso as to keep a signal indicating an angle within a predetermined rangerelative to a vertical direction of a rotation plane of the wind turbineblades, the signal being detected by a first sensor for detecting awingdirection deviation relative to the vertical direction of the rotationplane of the wind turbine blades; and controlling the yaw driving deviceaccording to a yaw driving instruction value calculated on the basis ofthe signals detected by the second sensor and the third sensor.
 10. Acontrol program for a floating wind turbine generator, the floating windturbine generator comprising: a yaw driving device adapted to cause anacelle to perform turning in a yaw direction relative to a towerprovided with the nacelle at the upper end thereof, the nacelle beingprovided with a rotor head that rotates by a plurality of wind turbineblades receiving wind power; and a pitch angle control section adaptedto drive the wind turbine blades to control a pitch angle thereof,wherein the control program controls the pitch angle control sectionaccording to a pitch angle instruction value calculated on the basis ofa signal detected by a second sensor for detecting a relative anglebetween the nacelle and the tower and a signal detected by a thirdsensor for detecting a yaw angle from a reference position of the towerso as to keep a signal indicating an angle within a predetermined rangerelative to a vertical direction of a rotation plane of the wind turbineblades, the signal being detected by a first sensor for detecting a winddirection deviation relative to the vertical direction of the rotationplane of the wind turbine blades, and controls the yaw driving deviceaccording to a yaw driving instruction value calculated on the basis ofthe signals detected by the second sensor and the third sensor.
 11. Acontrol method for a floating wind turbine generator, the floating windturbine generator comprising a pitch angle control section adapted todrive a plurality of wind turbine blades to control a pitch angle ofeach of the wind turbine blades, and having a tilt angle, which is anangle between a horizontal plane and a main shaft, the control methodcomprising: controlling the pitch angle control section according to apitch angle instruction value for controlling the pitch angle of each ofthe wind turbine blades so as to keep a signal indicating an anglewithin a predetermined range, the signal being detected by a fourthsensor for detecting a turbine pitch angle, which is an angle between avertical axis of the horizontal plane and a tower provided with anacelle at the upper end of the tower, the nacelle being provided with arotor head that rotates by the wind turbine blades receiving wind power.12. A control program for a floating wind turbine generator, thefloating wind turbine generator comprising a pitch angle control sectionadapted to drive a plurality of wind turbine blades to control a pitchangle of each of the wind turbine blades, and having a tilt angle, whichis an angle between a horizontal plane and a main shaft, wherein thecontrol program controls the pitch angle control section according to apitch angle instruction value for controlling the pitch angle of each ofthe wind turbine blades so as to keep a signal indicating an anglewithin a predetermined range, the signal being detected by a fourthsensor for detecting a turbine pitch angle, which is an angle between avertical axis of the horizontal plane and a tower provided with anacelle at the upper end of the tower, the nacelle being provided with arotor head that rotates by the wind turbine blades receiving wind power.